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Summary: Not McKinney's best
Comment: Rarely have I disliked a heroine more than Lissa. She is incredibly spoiled, arrogant, and prideful. I never could understand why the hero, Ivan, did not just forget her and find someone else. I really could not believe this woman loved him.
Lissa's family is impoverished, this was not always so. In fact, Ivan was employed as a stable boy by her father. They had the beginnings of love long ago but then Lissa cruelly rejected Ivan, with a slap across his face with a riding crop for good measure.
Ivan, who has been supporting her secretly for years, should have been more open about his largess. But with Lissa's pride she would have had her family begging in the streets before she accepted charity from him. To her credit she does take a wage earning job from him. She treats Ivan as if he is a womanizing, lout. Even worrying what kind of negative effect he will have on her little brother. This is love?
The writing is good and Megan McKinney has written other exceptional historicals but this is not one I would recommend.
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Summary: wow! So different
Comment: Coming into this book, I thought it would be like many other books. The tortured servant who gets rich and reverses roles with the heroine, seeking revenge. So this actually is the plot, but what makes this book so different and so memorable is the passion that you can just feel between the two characters.
Lissa and Ivan love each other, you can see that the whole novel, but they hate each other just as much and both are tortured by the other, unable to admit to themselves or the other, for fear of getting hurt, that they love. Because you feel so deeply for these two charcters, they become very lifelike and very likeable.
This is one of the best romance novels I have ever read; it makes me feel; it gets into my head and I cannot forget it. Read it.
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Summary: When Angels Fall is not angelic
Comment: Ivan, aka hero, is a brooding, manipulative, vindictive man with a giant chip on his shoulder. Yet he loves the illustrious Lissa, whom gossip mongers have named 'Lusty Lissa'. Lissa, a gentle lady once holding wealth, is now barely able to feed her siblings after a family disgrace and tradgedy. Ivan, an abused illegitimate son of a titled gentleman was banished from his father's estate and sight and raised in Lissa's stables, until their ill-fated infatuation with one another forced Ivan to leave his employment; leaving Lissa to withstand the turbulent and scandalous downfall of her once powerful and respected family alone.
Now Ivan has returned, holding his father's title and residing as lord of the village and castle. Ivan's goal is to recapture Lissa's love. His way of recapturing her love astounds me. He manipulates and destroy's relationships and possible marriage proposals during her search for a spouse to care for her impoverished family. Thus making Lissa hate and love him.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Comment: This is one of my all-time favorite books. Ivan is the perfect tortured character. He is brooding, manipulative, and desperately in love with Lissa. The anticipation is gut-clenching. I envy anyone who is reading this book for the first time! Enjoy :)
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Summary: Fantastic!
Comment: One of my all time favorites. I love this book! Ivan is the perfect tortured character. He is brooding, manipulative, and desperately in love with Lissa. The anticipation is gut-clenching. I envy anyone who is reading this book for the first time! Enjoy:)
